2018 Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2 18 Experience different views. Discover common ground. What We Do Friendship Force is a nonprofit cultural organization focused on promoting understanding, cultural education and citizen diplomacy through homestay Journeys and personal friendships. Through these exciting personal encounters, strangers become friends – and we know that by experiencing different views, you can discover common ground. Friendship Force International Table of Contents conducts over 300 programs every year, in over 350 communities throughout A Letter from the CEO & President 4-5 more than 60 countries. Our A Letter from the Board 6 programs bring diverse people Giving Thanks by the Numbers 7 together into each other’s Complete List of Clubs 8-9 cultures and homes to share 2018 Key Outcomes and Achievements 10-11 one-of-a-kind experiences not Expanding the Force 12 available to regular tourists. 2018 Wayne Smith Medal Winners 13 When you travel or host with Club Anniversaries 13 the Friendship Force, you get to know real people by Financial Report 14-15 sharing real life. Friendships Complete List of 2018 Journeys 16-18 are formed that often last a FFI Staff and Field Representatives 19 lifetime. A Letter from the CEO & President As we work toward the goal of doubling membership and adding numerous new clubs around the world, we will have to face these technology challenges head-on. The adoption of these tools will make a way for more in our Dear Friendship Force Members, generation and future generations to experience the power of international friendship. These next steps will require the innovative thinking of all of us so that we may truly realize the potential of our mission. In 2018, Friendship Force made giant leaps forward in our programs, utilization of technology, and marketing efforts to promote the Friendship Force globally. Thanks to you and the 15,000 members that make up Friendship Force International, thousands have been Friendship Force modeled a fantastic new program involving youth and impacted by our stories of friendship. Thank you for opening your homes, visiting other people, exploring new grandparents, new clubs are taking root globally, and we made phenomenal progress cultures, and participating in making the world a more peaceful and understanding place in which to live. on new tools to recruit members. Thank you for a superb 2018! Our mission is needed in the world now more than ever, and while Friendship Force may be getting older, we are still in the prime of our purpose. With mobile apps and In friendship, peace, and understanding, multilingual interfaces more commonplace in today’s market, however, Friendship Jeremi Snook Force continues to lag behind in the adoption of these critical recruitment tools. CEO & President 日本語 Español Français Русский язык Português Deutsch A Letter From the Board 2018 Board of Directors BY THE NUMBERS In 2018, the afterglow of Friendship Jyotsna (Jo) Custead, Chair Simone Lanzoni Saskatoon, Canada Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Force’s 40th Anniversary celebrations continued as we were re-energized Roberta (Bobbie) Mulholland, Stuart May Boca Raton, Florida, USA Vice Chair towards our commitments to our Adelaide, Australia mission of promoting understanding Hiroshi Onishi across the barriers that separate Lyn Hargreave, Secretary Nara, Japan Kalamazoo, Michigan people. James Permana Ramona McGee, Treasurer Houston, Texas, USA Sarasota, Florida, USA As an International Board of Directors, Therese Vilovar our primary focus is to ensure the Bob Duncan, Past-Chair Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA stability and sustainability of the Birgit Wagner organization through its governance, Krisztina Balogh Varel, Germany policies, and fiduciary responsibilities. Székesfehérvár, Hungary Heather Hestley With this in mind, the Board met in Ex Offico, Corporate Attorney March 2018 and finalized the 2019- 2021 Strategic Plan. Over this next year, many other initiatives will be rolled out, and I invite you to regularly check the FFI website for updates. I am thankful for the opportunity to work with the diverse and talented Board members and the amazing staff at Friendship Force. This Annual Report is a testament to their great work. On behalf of the Board, I extend to each of the Friendship Force clubs, their members, and families around the world all our best wishes. We continue to believe in and support the Friendship Force mission and vision focused on advancing understanding, cultural education, and citizen diplomacy. In friendship, Jo Custead In 2018, there were... 2018 Board Chair FF Saskatoon, Canada 26 22 157 9 FFI-Open World host clubs, delegates and countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kosovo, Jyotsna (Jo) Custead programs with welcoming facilitators from Peru, Russia, and Ukraine Board President Complete List of Clubs for 2018 Australia Marília (D) Chile Greece Kenya Hamilton and Slovakia Ukraine Greater Atlanta Charlotte New South Wales Nova Lima La Serena Athens Kitui Waikato Bratislava Greater Kyiv Lake Hartwell - GA Colonial Carolina Blue Mountains Piracicaba Santiago Nairobi Napier Hawaii Morganton Central Coast Recife Guadeloupe Taupo South Africa United Honolulu Raleigh Kempsey Ribeirão Preto China Guadeloupe Latvia Tauranga Western Cape of Good Hope Kingdom Kauai Shelby Newcastle Rio de Janeiro Liuzhou (P) Riga Bay of Plenty Cape Town Illinois Western North Salvador-Bahia Thames Bristol Chicago Carolina Southern Sydney Nanjing (P) Hungary Mispah Cleveland County Sydney Santo Ângelo Budapest Liberia Coromandel Northern Illinois Ohio São José do Rio Whangarei Cornwall Iowa Dayton Tamworth Colombia Pécs Monrovia South Korea County Durham Tweed Valley Preto Bogotá Székesfehérvár Lower North Island Seoul Cedar Rapids-Iowa Greater Cincinnati São Luís Horowhenua Derbyshire City Northeast Ohio Queensland Malaysia Isle of Wight Brisbane São Paulo Costa Rica India Kuala Lumpur Kapiti Coast Central Iowa Oklahoma São Paulo-ABC Manawatu Sri Lanka Leicestershire Greater Des Moines Oklahoma Bundaberg Alajuela Nashik Riverside Ambalangoda Manchester Cairns Tere-Rio San José Mexico New Plymouth Quad Cities Oregon Gold Coast Turrialba Indonesia Coatepec South Taranaki Kansas Oregon’s Mid- Burundi Wairarapa Sweden United States Kansas WillametteV alley North Moreton West Alajuela Banda Aceh (D) Mexico City Helsingborg Alabama Sunshine Coast Bujumbura Bandung Mundo Maya de Wanganui Kentucky Southern Oregon Wellington Birmingham Louisville Pennsylvania South Australia Egypt Banjarmasin Tuxtla Gutiérrez Switzerland Huntsville Area Adelaide Canada Cairo Denpasar (Bali) Tuxtla-Gutiérrez Western Kentucky Greater Harrisburg Alberta Norway Solothurn Alaska Louisiana South Carolina Mount Barker Jakarta Xalapa Zurich (D) Ketchikan (D) Mount Gambier Calgary Region France Malang Bergen Baton Rouge Florence Edmonton and Area Arizona Massachusetts Tennessee Murray Bridge Biarritz Solo-Surakarta Moldova Taiwan Central Arizona Salisbury and Lethbridge Bordeaux Surabaya Chisinau Peru Greater Boston (D) Knoxville Medicine Hat Lima Greater Taipei Tucson-Southern Michigan Memphis Northern Districts Toulouse Yogyakarta Hsinchu Arizona Tasmania British Columbia Mongolia Nor Peru Greater Detroit Texas Metro Vancouver Tarapoto Kaohsiung California Greater Lansing Austin Hobart Georgia Israel Mongolia Taichung Kern County Victoria Penticton- Tbilisi Central Israel Trujillo Western Michigan Dallas Okanagan Taipei Los Angeles Minnesota Fort Worth Casterton Morocco Napa-Sonoma Melbourne Victoria and Japan Azrou (P) Philippines Minnesota-Twin Georgetown Vancouver Island Germany Baguio (D) Tajikistan Sacramento Cities Houston Western Australia Bavaria Nürnberg- Aichi Manitoba Naga (D) Dushanbe (D) San Diego County Missouri San Antonio Albany Erlangen e.V. 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